GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas,
Aug. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Six
Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), the world's largest
regional theme park company, today announced thrilling new
offerings for each of its 18 parks for 2015. The upcoming season
will include unique, one-of-a-kind attractions, sophisticated new
interactive dark rides and, in signature Six Flags fashion, a
selection of world-record-breaking rides from coast to coast.
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"Innovation is part of our DNA and we look forward to
introducing another exhilarating roster of rides and attractions
for our guests in every park next season," said Jim Reid-Anderson, Chairman, President and CEO.
"News in every park has driven all-time-high guest satisfaction and
record financial results over the last four years, and we are
excited to build on our strong momentum."
Among the 2015 highlights announced today:
- Six Flags Magic Mountain, the Thrill Capital of the World, and
recently voted by USA TODAY
readers as America's Best Theme Park, has unveiled plans for the
highly-anticipated, world-record-breaking hybrid coaster,
Twisted Colossus, an unprecedented, awe-inspiring
four-minute journey through nearly 5,000 feet of track and two lift
hills. Twisted Colossus, the next generation of the beloved
wooden roller coaster that thrilled millions of guests in its
36-year reign at the park, will be a unique technological marvel
combining an iconic wooden structure with state-of-the-art Iron
Horse Track. The advanced technology, available exclusively at Six
Flags, provides ride experiences never before possible on wooden
coasters, such as over-banked turns and inversions. Twisted
Colossus will feature numerous exciting components including a
"Top Gun" element, the western hemisphere's first "High Five"
element, and a Zero G Roll.
- Six Flags New England, the Thrill Capital of New England, is
introducing Wicked Cyclone, a new state-of-the-art roller
coaster that integrates the latest in ride technology and
innovation. The coaster will offer the ultimate in thrills and
adrenaline by combining the extreme characteristics of steel and
wood, and be the first hybrid roller coaster to hit the east coast.
Wicked Cyclone's steel track provides riders with a smoother
and more thrilling ride along its 3,320 feet of track. The
ride stands 10 stories in the sky and reaches speeds of up to
55 mph, providing riders with more airtime than any other coaster
in New England.
- Six Flags Over Texas, the Thrill Capital of Texas, and Six Flags St. Louis, the Coaster
Capital of Missouri — in
partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC
Entertainment — have announced the next generation of interactive
thrills with the debut of an all-new 3D interactive dark ride
attraction, JUSTICE LEAGUE:
BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS. Slated to open at both parks in 2015, guests
will become members of the JUSTICE LEAGUE Reserve Team and engage
in a full-sensory journey as they battle alongside SUPERMAN,
BATMAN, WONDER WOMAN and GREEN LANTERN against Lex Luthor, The
Joker and his henchmen. Traveling in six-passenger vehicles, riders
must outsmart Lex Luthor and The Joker to save the city of
Metropolis.
- Six Flags Fiesta Texas has unveiled plans to debut the most
exciting coaster in the park's 22-year history —
BATMAN™: The Ride.Riders on this 4D Wing Coaster
will "face their fear" as they flip head-over-heels at least six
times along the weightless, tumbling journey. The
ride features a massive, imposing, floating and twisting track
frame in which ride vehicles begin their journey by traveling up a
120-foot elevator-type lift before being released for their highly
unusual sensory journey…including two beyond-vertical free falls,
in addition to the six head-over-heels spins. Not only is
BATMAN™: The Ride the most exciting thrill ride
in Fiesta Texas history, it is currently not available anywhere
else on the planet.
- Six Flags Great Adventure, the world's largest theme park, is
gearing up for more roller coaster thrills and Halloween scares in 2015. The 510-acre theme
park, recently voted America's second best theme park by
USA TODAY readers, debuts the
park's 13th roller coaster Looping Dragon — a
pendulum-style thrill ride that offers gut-wrenching loops with
maximum "hang" time. The park is also expanding its notoriously
scary Fright Fest® Halloween festival in 2015 with two new indoor
mazes — "Big Top Terror," a 3-D, black light experience, and
"Condemned," which takes guests inside the walls of a prison. Next
door, Hurricane Harbor introduces its first outdoor grill and new,
luxury cabanas.
- Guests can rocket up seven stories in all directions — forward,
backward and upside down — through a bedlam of loops on THE
JOKER Chaos Coaster at the Thrill Capital of the South, Six
Flags Over Georgia outside of Atlanta. In addition, guests can spin, twist
and roll through a cycle of classic fun on Harley Quinn
Spinsanity. Both new thrilling attractions will transform the
park's iconic Gotham City this coming spring. At the South's Most
Thrilling Water Park, Six Flags White Water in Marietta, Georgia, water park daredevils are
invited to slip into a clear capsule with a trap door then
plummet down more than 100 feet at nearly 90 degrees for a
zero-gravity experience on the Dive Bomber water slide.
- Six Flags Great America, near Chicago, is proud to announce a celebration of
40 Seasons of Thrills in 2015. From its launch in 1976
to today Six Flags Great America has lead the way in innovation
with the addition of world-class coasters, state-of-the-art shows
and a massive 20-acre waterpark. Next season Six Flags Great
America will upgrade the signature areas of the park, Carousel
Plaza and Hometown Square, and re-introduce children's rides for
families to share with the next generation of thrill-seekers.
Additionally, Six Flags Great America will host weekly
celebrations, in-park festivities and events throughout the
summer.
- Six Flags Great Escape near Lake
George, NY will debut the newly renovated Buccaneer
Beach in 2015. The restoration and transformation of a popular
children's area in Splashwater Kingdom makes way for this re-themed
pirate adventure featuring children's slides and interactive water
elements offering endless water park fun. The expansion of the
water park also includes new pool deck space and increased shaded
water park seating.
- Bourbon Street Fireball, Six Flags America's 10th roller
coaster, is a chaotic looping coaster with a train that holds 24
riders seated in unique forward and backward, face-to-face
positions. The full chaos of the ride is unleashed as the train
swings pendulum style to a completely suspended position at the top
of the loop, hanging guests momentarily upside down. In full
motion, the coaster loops into a series of 360⁰ revolutions of pure
adrenaline. Just as the riders think they know what to expect, the
train reaches the top of the loop only to reverse direction for
additional 360⁰ revolutions.
- Six Flags Mexico, the world-class theme park in Latin America, will add the tallest and most
exciting spinning attraction in the country. Soaring an astounding
242 feet in the air, SkyScreamer will provide guests
breathtaking, panoramic views as they spin high above the park and
city below. The journey begins as 32 guests sit two across in
open-air swings. At full swing, guests revolve in a 98-foot circle
at speeds of 35 mph for a full two minutes. The Six Flags globe at
the top of the tower will serve as a new icon drawing guests from
near and far. It is time to fly and conquer the sky in the new
SkyScreamer!
- La Ronde, Quebec's leading
destination for thrills and family entertainment, is turning up the
fear factor in 2015 with the addition of an all-new, year-round
haunted attraction. Guests will be terrified when walking
through Maison Rouge – Labyrinth
of Fear, a bone-chilling funhouse that will leave them
screaming for their lives!
- Dare devils be on alert as Six Flags Discovery Kingdom opens
Dare Devil Chaos Coaster in 2015, a single looping coaster
that builds anticipation as riders seated back to back travel
backward and forward until momentum takes them at top speed
revolutions, only to stop upside down at 70 feet high, then reverse
direction. It is a thrill ride guaranteed to get their adrenaline
pumping.
This fall at all Six Flags parks, Fright Fest®
— the biggest Halloween event in
America — keeps getting bigger, better and scarier with more
zombies, ghouls and haunted mazes than ever before. Later this
year, for the first time ever, Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six
Flags Over Georgia join several other Six Flags parks by ringing in
the holidays with Holiday in the Park® — a winter
wonderland featuring all the familiar sights and sounds of the
season along with roller coasters, rides and attractions.
Starting now through Labor Day,
2015 Season Passes are on sale at the lowest prices of the year.
Season Passes provide unlimited
visits for the rest of the 2014 season including Fright
Fest® and Holiday in the Park® (at select
parks) and all of the 2015 season. For a limited time only, with
the purchase of a 2015 season pass guests may receive a free
upgrade to a Gold Season Pass, which includes free admission and
free season parking to any Six Flags Theme Park. For more
information, visit www.sixflags.com.
For more information about upcoming 2015 Six Flags rides and
attractions, including a video highlighting the new rides and
attractions, visit www.sixflags.com/2015news. Go Big! Go Six Flags!
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About Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
Six Flags
Entertainment Corporation is the world's largest regional theme
park company with $1.1 billion in
revenue and 18 parks across the United
States, Mexico and
Canada. For 53 years, Six Flags
has entertained millions of families with world-class coasters,
themed rides, thrilling water parks and unique attractions
including up-close animal encounters, Fright Fest® and
Holiday in the Park®. For more information, visit
www.sixflags.com.
About Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros.
Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of
the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the
world.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman,
Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash), Vertigo (Sandman,
Fables) and MAD, is the creative division charged with
strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros.
Entertainment and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in
concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories
and characters across all media, including but not limited to film,
television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive
games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and
magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest
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